DNA damage and repair are linked to cancer. DNA damage that is induced endogenously or
from exogenous sources has the potential to result in mutations and genomic instability if not …

This review presents detailed information about the structure of triplet repeat RNA and
addresses the simple sequence repeats of normal and expanded lengths in the context of …

A problem of 'missing heritability'has been identified following recent genome-wide
association (GWA) studies of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with …

Trinucleotide repeats (TNRs) are of interest in genetics because they are used as markers
for tracing genotype–phenotype relations and because they are directly involved in …

Following on from the First Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes [Schmid et al.,
2000] and the Second Report in 2005 [Schmid et al., 2005], we are pleased to publish this …

A large proportion of the Asian population fulfills their energy requirements from wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.). Wheat quality and yield are critically affected by the terminal heat …

Protein tandem repeats (TRs) are often associated with immunity-related functions and
diseases. Since that last census of protein TRs in 1999, the number of curated proteins …

One of the most abundant proteins in human saliva, mucin-7, is encoded by the MUC7 gene,
which harbors copy number variable subexonic repeats (PTS-repeats) that affect the size …

This article reviews advances over the last five years in microfluidics and microchip-
electrophoresis techniques for detection of clinical biomarkers. The variety of advantages of …

Motivation: Textual data compression, and the associated techniques coming from
information theory, are often perceived as being of interest for data communication and …